Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Mobile Blogging Arrives

Track last month.

I do believe that I've figured out how to blog via my Mr. Fancypants Phone. (cackle here)

Getting back to ....normal?

Dolly Parton is on Dancing With the Stars. There's so much that's strange about that, the least of which is "Why am I watching Dancing With the Stars" tonight? I don't know. Apparently, last year there was a one-legged star trying to dance. Any show that would submit a celebrity to one-legged-dancing humiliation is my kind of fun. Where are the midgets?

Okay, the season has started! I'm teaching a number of students in a variety of places. It's nice to be in the swing of things. I'll be adding more students to the schedule as the next couple of weeks go by, so I should be in the thick of it by the end of October. By "in the thick of it," I mean "insane." And to think that I went on another interview today so as to possibly add a few more students.

I guess it's about time I learn to dance. Tango? Ballroom? The Forbidden Dance? That vaguely perverse dance that Beavis did with the waving hand move?

This weekend, I'm heading up to Glens Falls for a cycle with the orchestra. I'm only playing a fairly harmless Symphony this time, so I have a little paid vacation. Nice. This is a rather odd program, though. There's Bach, Mendelssohn, Strauss (I think.), and some other fluff. We're doing it in the First Presbyterian Church as the normal stage is being rebuilt or something.

I'm tired. Tomorrow night, I look forward to finishing rehearsal, relaxing in good company, and sleeping in the next day.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Still lurking



Two pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge taken with my phone several weeks ago. It was a lovely trip, but I've only now figured out how to get pictures taken from my phone to the rest of the world. It also appears that Blogger also now allows video to be posted. We'll see what that means for you soon.

I haven't been much of a blogger lately as I've been scrambling to piece together my teaching studio for the fall. I'm starting a couple of positions with music schools in the area, but my teaching load is light since I'm new to them. Since I'm returning from spending so much time out of Boston last year, I'm having to claw my way back into the scene.

The BIG AWESOME NEWS that may or may not happen: It looks as if a rather important living composer may be writing a concerto for me. It may be a few months or longer before any details are in stone, but all of the parties have agreed to the principal. We just need to start talking serious details. This is a big deal. Major orchestras play this man's music and I may get to have a concerto written for me! Yay. More details as they come.

I'm playing pretty well, though. I think that I'm getting a good handle on all the basic building blocks that make a fantastic clarinet player. This may lead to some successes later, but I'll just keep following this road for now.

Mmm...new reeds.